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After making considerable progress in financial inclusion over the years, the RBI needs to “take everyone together…especially those at the bottom of the pyramid”, Governor Sanjay Malhotra highlighted.&nbsp;

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More than 34.42 crore beneficiaries have received Rs 18.60 lakh crore loan under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) since its launch seven years ago, the Finance Ministry said on Friday.

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India has a burgeoning population greater than 1.3 billion and is close to overtaking China to become the most populous country in the world. However, a large portion of the population still doesn’t have access to basic banking services, let alone credit facilities.

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Lagarde also said that India should continue with reforms with&nbsp;special&nbsp;focus on&nbsp;financial&nbsp;services sector.

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Rajan believes that though the country has come a long way in the process of financial inclusion, but "still a long way to go".&nbsp;

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After making considerable progress in financial inclusion over the years, the RBI needs to “take everyone together…especially those at the bottom of the pyramid”, Governor Sanjay Malhotra highlighted. 
 

The launch of PMJDY in August 2014 has marked a significant step in banking the unbanked by facilitating the opening of basic savings bank deposit accounts, with associated features such as RuPay debit cards and an in-built overdraft facility.

UPI transactions surged 4 times from 2021 to 2024, reaching 172 billion transactions annually. It now dominates digital payments, far outpacing card-based and wallet transactions.

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